Sent:	Wednesday, May 18, 2011 9:41 AM

To – District Administrators and Open Enrollment Coordinators
 
From – Mary Jo Cleaver, Open Enrollment Consultant
 
Subject – Senate Bill 2
 
 
Senate Bill 2, which would extend the open enrollment application period and provide some specific exceptions to 
the open enrollment application period, was passed in the Assembly with the two amendments that had been 
offered by the Assembly Education Committee:  
 
--Assembly Amendment 2  changes, from March 15 to May 15, the by which school districts must notify of 
nonrenewal.  
 
-- Assembly Amendment 3 provides for an exception to the application period if the parent and both the resident 
and nonresident school districts all agree that it is the best interest of the child.   (SB 2, as passed by the Senate, 
would have allowed a parent to request an exception to the application period if the parent and the nonresident 
school districts agreed it is in the best interest of the child.)   
  
Because the bill was amended in the Assembly, it must now go back to the Senate.    If the Senate concurs, the bill 
then goes to the Governor for signature (or veto).  
 
You may view the history of the bill as well as the text of the bill and all proposed and adopted amendments at 
http://legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/data/SB2hst.html.  
 
If you wish to track this bill (or any other bill or subject), you may subscribe to the legislative notification service at 
http://notify.legis.wisconsin.gov/Home.aspx. 
 
As always, if you have any questions, please contact me (information below) or Merry Larsen, 
merry.larsen@dpi.wi.gov, 608-266-2146.  
 
 
Mary Jo Cleaver 
Public School Open Enrollment Consultant 
Department of Public Instruction 
608-267-9101 or toll-free 888-245-2732 
fax:  608-267-9207 
email: maryjo.cleaver@dpi.wi.gov 
website: http://dpi.wi.gov/sms/psctoc.html